Often referred to as “Humble Howard”. Howard Cosell for the Holiday season, a broadcast from his long-running ABC Radio series Speaking Of Sports, from December 15, 1974. Continuing our tour around Pop Culture during the holiday season with a quick listen to one of Sportscaster Howard Cosell’s weekly broadcasts for
A different world, that period of time from the 1950s to the 1970s, long before Social Media, cellphones and TikTok. A period of time where much of mainstream media was geared toward that vast audience known as Heartland America – sometimes referred to as “middle America” or in less complimentary
As news days in history go – this December 22nd was busy – not hair-raising, although at the time . . . From the White House. President Carter will not undergo surgery to correct his Hemorrhoid problem at least for the time being, the White House announced today. Dr. William
December 22, 1974 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 22, 1974 – The end of a week, and three days to Christmas. A New vice-President was sworn in, after some four months of hearings and confirmation cross-examinations on Capitol Hill. Nelson
You’ve been planning on it for weeks. Ever since you heard the rumor. Empty house – friend’s parents going to a dress-up Company party somewhere in Santa Barbara – no offspring invited. Just adults – lucky you. Invited half the senior class. Could be a golden opportunity. You perfected the
Todd Rundgren for this Friday Lunch. Recorded live at The Roxy, West Hollywood – May 23, 1978. A rather raspy concert from Todd Rundgren at The Roxy in L.A. – part of a promotion from Warners/Bearsville for his latest album Hermit Of Mink Hollow. For those of you who don’t
Carlo Maria Giulini, guest Conductor – Daniel Barenboim, Piano Chicago Symphony – Nov. 11, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert entry for Anti-Road Rage Wednesday. This week it’s The Chicago Symphony guest conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini and featuring pianist Daniel Barenboim in an all Brahms
Hatfield And The North – BBC Session – John Peel – March 19, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 Further evidence the 70s produced a wide array of music which is still being discovered 40 years later. Tonight it’s another band from the legendary Canterbury scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s.
Leon Russell – Slipping Into Christmas – 1972 Leon Russell tonight. Okay – it’s that time of year again. And you are probably getting bombarded by Christmas music. Well . . .maybe not getting bombarded by the right kind of Christmas music. Like last year at my old site, I’ll
A few words from Tom Wolfe this weekend, from the program Comment in 1971. In the 1960s and early 70s, people who weren’t initially drawn to literature or literary criticism found the writer/journalist Tom Wolfe a wordsmith whose work you couldn’t put down. At a time when literary boundaries were
